Separable button



Dec. 15, l925 l.. sAMuELs SEPARABLE BUTTON Filed March V. 1924 PatentedDec. 15, 1925.

UNITED 'STATES LESSER SAMUELS,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SEPARABLE BUTTON.

Application filed March 7, 1924. Serial No. 697,490.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I', Iinssnn SAMUELS, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York `and State of New York,have invented new and useful Improvements in Separable Buttons7 of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvementsv inseparable buttons and pertains more especially to buttons of the doubletype.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a novel and improvedmeans for latching the parts together and to also provide novel andimproved .means for assembling the parts of'tliemale and female membersof the button.

The invention has still further and other objects which will be laterset forth and manifested in the course of the following description.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention partlybroken away and in section;

Figure 2, is a. 'section on line 2-*2 of Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is a section on line 3 3 of Figure 1.

In proceeding in accordance with the present invention the male memberis formed with an outer head 1, and a hollow post 2 of approximatelyoval cross-section, the inner end of the post being flared to form anoutwardly extending flange 3. A plate i is seated on the flange 3 andhas a stem 5 provided with a rounded head 5 the stem extending outwardlyfrom the plate i and through an opening provided therefor in an outerplate 6, the peripheral edge of the latter being rolled or spun at 7over` onto the flange 3 thereby to clamp the plate 4 to and against theiange 3.

The female member includes an outer head 8 having a hollow post 9corresponding to the post 2, the outer end of the post be ing flanged at10, similar to the flange 3 of the female member. A plate 11 engagesagainst the liange 10 and has a iange- 19 on its periphery forming arim, the flange 19 being engaged by a plate 11, the peripheral edge 20of which latter is rolled or curled over the fiange or rim 19 and theflange 10. Slots 21 are formed in the flanges 19 and 20, (Figure 2) andreceives therein arms 13 of a pair of clamping members 12. The arms 13are guided by the slot-s 2l in A fiat U-shaped spring 16 is mountedlwithin the hollow post 9 and has fingers 17 formed integral with thefree ends of its legs, which fingers extend outwardly in oppositedirections (Fig. 2) and through openings 18 provided in the plate 11 andengage the respective clamping members 12 on opposite sides of the jawsthereof so as to normally tension the jaws 15 thereof to move towardeach other thereby to grip the stem 5. The spring 16 is cut-out at 22 toreceive the head 5.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that the spring is housed by thehollow post and the clamping members by the base of the female member,the parts being compactly assembled. In each instance, i. e., the maleand female members, all soldering operations. in connection of therespective parts are eliminated.

While the spring eXerts tension on the members 12 to urge same away fromeach other, it will be noted that the jaws 15 are urged towards eachother, thejaws being disposed so that same are received in the centralportion of the respective opposed member, thus providing a compactassemblage.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by `Let ters Patent is 1. In a separable button, a male memberhaving a stem and a head therein, a female member having a head, ahollow post Y flanged outwardly, a plate engaged against the flange andhaving a slotted' rim, a pair of clamping members having arms slidablein said slots of the rim and having relatively opposed jaws to grip thestem of said head of the male member therebetween, a plate engaged withsaid rim and over the clamping members and having its edge rolled overthe rim and flange of the post and slotted to receive said arms, and aflat U-shaped spring in the hollow post formed independent of theclamping members and having lingers at each end thereof, the fingersextending outwardly in opposite directions and being engaged with therespective clamping members on opposite sides of the jaws to tension thelatter in a direction toward each other.

2. In a separable button, a male member having a stem and head thereon afemale member having a hollow post and a slotted hollow base, a pair ofopposed clamping members in the hollow base having jaws to engage thestem, means to guide the members, and a flat U-shaped spring in the postengaged with each of the members on opposite sides of the jaws thereofto tension the latter so as to cause same to grip the stem on oppositesides thereof.

3. In a separable button, a male member having a stein and head thereon.a female member having a pair of opposed clamping members with openparts, a jaw carried by each member and received in the open part of therespective opposed member and spring means interposed between themembers to tension same outwardly away from each other thereby totension the jaws in a direction towards each other.

4:. In a separable button, a male member having a stem and head thereon,a female member having a pair of opposed clamping members with openparts, a jaw carried by each member and received in the open part of therespective opposed member, and a single U-shaped spring having its legsengaged with each of the members to tension same away from each other tothereby tension the jaws in a direction towards each other.

5. In a separable button, a male member having a stem and a headthereon, a female member, opposed clamping members for the stem in thefemale member' having inner spaced sides, and a single U-shaped springhaving its ends disposed in said space between the clamping member sidesand engaged with each of the sides on opposite sides of the stem.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

LESSER SAMUELS.

